A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE RESERVE SERVICE CONTINUUM

The paradigm of the organisation as service provider dominates current research. Most work focuses on the adoption of services by product-centred organisations, promoting the concept of a service continuum. This paper explores whether alternatives are possible, documenting a case study which apparen...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela 2016-02-01
Series:Revista Galega de Economía
Online Access:https://ojs3usc.devxercode.es/index.php/ubr/article/view/1724
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Summary:The paradigm of the organisation as service provider dominates current research. Most work focuses on the adoption of services by product-centred organisations, promoting the concept of a service continuum. This paper explores whether alternatives are possible, documenting a case study which apparently ‘reverses’ this continuum – a service-based SME which has developed in-house manufacturing capability  to improve the customer solution. The findings suggest that this could develop the current understanding of servitisation, however further work is outlined to test this.
ISSN:1132-2799
2255-5951